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I guess you're talking about how to become a member of the forum?Click on the LOG IN button at the top right.You will see a log in page. About half way done you will see a button that says REGISTER.Click on that, read the terms of service, and type in the info requested such as your forum name, your email address, and password, etc. and you will be own your way to becoming a member,

Shame on you Shakyamuni for setting the precedent of leaving home.Did you think it was not there-- in your wife's lovely face in your baby's laughter?Did you think you had to go elsewhere (simply) to find it? from - Judyth Collin The Layman's Lament From What Book, 1998, p. 52 Edited by Gary Gach

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Let me see....replies.....looks all over......NOTHING above the reply box.SMILIES one side.EDGE the other side.NOTHING below.nope, no 'subscribe checkbox' to be checked....(who wrote the instructions? Maybe they know where it is hidden away to?

Try going into your UCP (User Control Panel). Click the Board Preferences tab; from there you'll see 3 options, the middle one being Edit post defaults. I think if you click Yes next to Notify me upon replies by default that should do it. *fingers crossed*